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“A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.”

Men Body Certain Justice Principles Succeed Republic Honour Natural Selection

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Darwin (Illustrated)

“For there is no virtue, the honour and credit for which procures a man more odium from the elite than that of justice; and this, because more than any other, it acquires a man power and authority among the common people. For they only honour the valiant and admire the wise, while in addition they also love just men, and put entire trust and confidence in them.”

People Men Politics Justice Common Economy Virtue Wise Authority Credit Admire Liberalism Acquire Honour Elites Valiant

Author:Plutarch

“Honour is Virtue's allowed ascent: honour that clasps All perfect justice in her arms; that craves No more respect than that she gives; that does Nothing but what she'll suffer.”

Giving Doe Suffering Justice Perfect Virtue Arms Honor Honour Crave Ascent

Author:Philip Massinger

“Marriage has, for its share, usefulness, justice, honour, and constancy; a stale but more durable pleasure. Love is grounded on pleasure alone, and it is indeed more gratifying to the senses, keener and more acute; a pleasure stirred and kept alive by difficulties. There must be a sting and a smart in it. It ceases to be love if it has no shafts and no fire.”

Ifs Love Justice Love Is Pleasure Marriage Fire Alive Share Smart Difficulty Senses Cease Honour Grounded Usefulness Stale Constancy Pleasure Love

Book:The Essays

Source: The Essays

“Every obstruction of the course of justice,--is a door opened to betray society, and bereave us of those blessings which it has inview.... It is a strange way of doing honour to God, to screen actions which are a disgrace to humanity.”

Way Action Law Humanity Courses Justice Doors Strange Blessing Screens Punishment Honour Betray Disgrace Obstruction

Book:The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing The Life and Opinions of Tristan Shandy ... [etc.] ; with a Life of the Author Written by Himself

“One kind of justice is that which is manifested in distributions of honour or money or the other things that fall to be divided among those who have a share in the constitution ... and another kind is that which plays a rectifying part in transactions.”

Kind Play Fall Justice Share Constitution Honour Divided Distribution Transactions

Book:Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation

Source: Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation